To: donmeaker
The battle of New Orleans showed that British arrogance could not stand against free men.It also showed the foolishness of marching some of the best-trained soldiers in the world armed with short-range muskets through an open field against Kentucky long rifles perched behind embankments.
221 posted on
07/02/2006 9:05:06 PM PDT by
Vigilanteman
(crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
To: Vigilanteman
It was a lesson they should have learned at Bunker Hill. Moral: never underestimate your enemy.
227 posted on
07/02/2006 9:30:10 PM PDT by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: Vigilanteman
And don't forget the Alligator/Cannon!
288 posted on
07/08/2006 10:57:11 AM PDT by
donmeaker
(If the sky don't say "Surrender Dorothy" then my ex wife is out of town.)
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